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Preliminary Call For Papers
WFLP 2008
17th International Workshop on Functional
and (Constraint) Logic Programming
Siena, Italy, July 3-4, 2008
http://wflp08.dimi.uniud.it/
co-located with WWV'08
http://wwv08.dimi.uniud.it/
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IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Submission April 20, 2008
Full Paper Submission April 27, 2008
Acceptance Notification May 27, 2008
Camera Ready June 11, 2008
Workshop July 3-4, 2008
SCOPE
The Workshop on Functional and (Constraint) Logic Programming aims
at bringing together researchers interested in functional
programming, (constraint) logic programming, as well as the
integration of the two paradigms. It promotes the cross-fertilizing
exchange of ideas and experiences among researchers and students
from the different communities interested in the foundations,
applications, and combinations of high-level, declarative
programming languages and related areas.
The previous WFLP editions are:
WFLP 2007 (Paris, France), WFLP 2006 (Madrid, Spain), WCFLP 2005
(Tallinn, Estonia), WFLP 2004 (Aachen, Germany), WFLP 2003
(Valencia, Spain), WFLP 2002 (Grado, Italy), WFLP 2001 (Kiel,
Germany), WFLP 2000 (Benicassim, Spain), WFLP'99 (Grenoble, France),
WFLP'98 (Bad Honnef, Germany), WFLP'97 (Schwarzenberg, Germany),
WFLP'96 (Marburg, Germany), WFLP'95 (Schwarzenberg, Germany),
WFLP'94 (Schwarzenberg, Germany), WFLP'93 (Rattenberg, Germany),
and WFLP'92 (Karlsruhe, Germany).
LOCATION
WFLP'08 will be held in July in the convention centre of the
University of Siena, Italy: http://www.unisi.it/santachiara/
The workshop will be co-located with WWV'08:
http://wwv08.dimi.uniud.it/
WORKSHOP VENUE
Siena is one of the nicest city in Italy. The historical centre is
situated on top of a hill and is made of beautiful medieval
buildings and churches, all surrounded by ancient walls. The
countryside of Siena is worldwide famous for its beauty. The Palio
of Siena is probably the most famous historical fair in Italy. The
most important event of it is a horse race of medieval origins,
which is held in the afternoon of July 2nd in 'Piazza del Campo'
in the centre of Siena. For more information, please visit
http://www.comune.siena.it/
TOPICS
WFLP'08 solicits papers in all areas of functional and (constraint)
logic programming, including but not limited to:
* Foundations: formal semantics, rewriting and narrowing,
constraint solving, dynamics, type theory
* Language Design: modules and type systems, multi-paradigm
languages, concurrency and distribution, objects
* Implementation: abstract machines, parallelism, compile-time and
run-time optimizations, interfacing with external languages
* Transformation and Analysis: abstract interpretation,
specialization, partial evaluation, program transformation,
meta-programming
* Software Engineering: design patterns, specification,
verification and validation, debugging, test generation
* Integration of Paradigms: integration of declarative programming
with other paradigms such as imperative, object-oriented,
concurrent, and real-time programming
* Applications: declarative programming in education and industry,
domain-specific languages, visual/graphical user interfaces,
embedded systems, WWW applications, knowledge representation and
machine learning, deductive databases, advanced programming
environments and tools
SUBMISSIONS and PROCEEDINGS
Authors are invited to submit papers of at most 15 pages (pdf or
postscript formats) presenting original, not previously published
works. Submission categories include regular research papers, short
papers (not more than 8 pages) describing on-going work, and
system descriptions. Papers should be submitted electronically via
the web-based submission site http://www.easychair.org/WFLP2008/
Preliminary proceedings will be available at the workshop. Selected
authors will be invited to submit a full version of their papers
after the workshop. These submissions will pass through a second
round of reviewing. Publication of the accepted contributions in
the Elsevier series Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer
Science (ENTCS) is envisaged.
PROGRAMME CHAIR
Moreno Falaschi University of Siena, Italy
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Michele Baggi University of Siena, Italy
Demis Ballis University of Udine, Italy
Elisa Tiezzi (chair) University of Siena, Italy